Your boss never gives you the benefit of the doubt.When you were late this morning,he assumed that you had overslept.He never considered that there might have been a traffic delay.He is guilty of:

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The boss's assumption that the employee's lateness was due to oversleeping is an example of fundamental attribution error, which is the tendency to overestimate internal characteristics and underestimate external factors when assessing others' behavior. In this case, the boss is attributing the lateness solely to the employee's personal qualities (i.e. being lazy, irresponsible) rather than considering external factors (such as traffic delays).

Your Boss Never Gives You the Benefit of the Doubt